Returning TV show billboards filling the skies of L.A. in August 2016...

With all the Emmy award campaigning and new Fall TV season series competing for your attention this month, these returning TV shows are doing their best to standout in the crowded L.A. skyline.

TV billboards

First up is this eye-catching vampirised Statue of Liberty ad creative for the third season of FX's The Strain which is set in a besieged New York City.

Returning for a sixth season this autumn is FX's horror anthology series, American Horror Story, and it's doing a great job teasing its mystery theme with all these AHS ?6 billboards around town.

Back for a third season on AMC is their much improved 80s set tech drama, Halt and Catch Fire, following the battle of home computers with the birth of online gaming and communication and a move to Silicon Valley.

Netflix's gritty drug drama Narcos returns for a sophomore season and it looks like someone has a bullet with cartel lord Pablo Escobar's name on it.

And speaking of empires, although this one of the R&B music industry variety, Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson are back for a third season of scheming to stay on top in Fox's hit series, Empire.

Starz off-the-court basketball drama, Survivor's Remorse, also received some super-sized support this month for its third season.

And also in the world of music, reality singing competition The Voice is back for an eleventh season on NBC, with new coaches Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys (although they still kept racist and homophobe Blake Shelton too). It's the first time there have been two female mentors, so maybe next season there should be three women as there are so many solo divas to choose from.

Over on Logo one of my favourite reality shows was back, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, back for a fierce second season of drag drama.

If you're a fan of the show, be sure to also check out all these Emmy-nominated RuPaul's Drag Race costumes on display in West Hollywood.

With election fever sweeping the nation, Trevor Noah's Daily Show had this fun mud-slinging assault course ad creative to satirically mock the political season.

And Adam Conover was back to bust all those commonly held myths in these second half of his debut season Adam Ruins Everything billboards.

A&E's Emmy-nominated docu-series, Born This Way, returned for a sophomore season, shining a spotlight on the lives of young adults with Down Syndrome.

Judge Judy was back in the city skies and celebrating twenty years of the courtroom reality program in show business.

Plus over on Adult Swim, The Eric Andre Show was back for a fourth season of hilarity with this acrobatic ad creative.

And E! News had this witty Justin Bieber inspired ad creative along the Sunset Strip to support its pop culture credentials.

Whist Entertainment Tonight was also promoting its Hollywood celebrity connection with this arresting pink billboard, with Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier.

As you can see there are plenty of TV billboard gracing L.A.'s streets and skies in August 2016, and that's just the established shows.

Stick around in the coming days for the deluge of fresh new season shows and all the fab Emmy nomination billboards trying to catch passerby attention...

Getting an early start on Labor Day celebrations in Palm Springs...

Los Angeles is a great place to live, with a thriving, diverse population, so much going on and stone's throw from the beach. But there's nothing like leaving behind all the honking horns, crazy drivers and pace of life for the heat and calmer temperament of Palm Springs (that is, as long as you have a pool and air conditioning to relax in).

Our home away from home for the next few days

With Labor Day fast approaching we thought we'd get away earlier and make the most of the fact that  not many people go to Palm Springs at this time of year with the soaring temperatures (it got up to 111°F today).

And even though my eyeballs felt like they were melting from my skull when we first arrived this afternoon (after dropping Cooper at his doggie spa, because he hates the heat) and caught up with a friend for lunch at Lulu's, sitting outside in this Mediterranean-like heat with the cicadas chirping away feels like bliss.

Obviously going away is not without its drama, and as we sat down for a bite to eat we discovered that our intended rental house had sprung a leak, so we had to change where we were staying at the very last minute.

Fortunately everything worked out for the best. Now a few cocktails later and an early evening swim to cool us off, we could get used this way of life, and of late have been considering investing in a property here.

But really, what's not to love about sunshine and swimming pools. Now, back to the important business of relaxing...

Fab fashion and fragrance billboards around L.A. in August 2016...

With August almost over and Fall fast approaching, the skies of L.A. have been starting to fill up with more and more new season fashion billboards these past few weeks. Here's a selection of the stylish fashion and fragrance outdoor ads that caught my eye this past month.

Fashion billboards

First up it looks like this Autumn it's time to fall in love with Hudson Jeans, as there's a whole lot of kissing going on when you're wearing them.

It's the oldest trick in the advertising book, but sex really does sell, as this new black and white ad campaign proves.

Meanwhile this month, above Sunset Plaza Gigi Hadid having fun with footwear, sporting a killer pair of Stuart Weitzman boots. She's wither practicing her martial arts moves, or trying out for the women's soccer team.

Stephen Baldwin's daughter, Hailey Baldwin, was striking a pose for Guess and their Fall campaign in multiple ad locations this August.

And British model and presenter Alexa Chung was once again modeling for AG Jeans for their Fall 2016 collection.

Transformers movie star and model, Rosie Huntington-Whitely, was also back in this sexy ad creative in the skies near Melrose Place for Paige denim jeans and apparel.

Plus Burton was showing off how durable and versatile their clothing offering is, although in Southern California we don't have to worry about severe changes in weather seasons so much.

Along the Sunset Strip Tags was taking a stroll to promote their boutique, where they have the latest women's fashion for less.

And Lunya was a new advertiser in the skies with this provocative ad campaign of smaller ad creatives.

They are certainly going for a sexy, sexual innuendo ad message for their luxury sleepwear for women.

And as the Olympic Games took place in Rio this month, it's no surprise to see a watch brand like Omega enlisting the likes of record-breaking swimmer Michael Phelps to help them sell more timepieces.

Fragrance billboards

In the world of fragrances, luxury Italian fashion house Prada was showing off its designer scents for women and men with this new shared ad creative.

Plus British actress Lily James was stripping off to showcase Burberry's new My Burberry Black perfume for women.

If you like these fashionable ad creatives, make sure you compare this year's selection with these 2015 fashion and fragrance billboards from twelve months ago.

Now stay tuned in the days to come for a whole onslaught of Fall 2016 TV and Emmy billboards...

August 2016's movie, music and gaming billboards turning heads in the skies of L.A...

Even though most of the Summer blockbusters have come and gone at the cinema, that doesn't mean the skies haven't been filled with movie billboards this month. Here's a cool collection of film, music and gaming billboards trying to grab passerby attention in L.A. this August 2016.

Movie billboards

Even though we're in a bit of a lull at the box office at the end of August, that doesn't mean the studios are not gearing up for future releases, like this striking red billboard for the return of the Blair Witch shaky cam horror franchise to the big screen.

Speaking of returning film franchises and twelve years after the second comedy movie, Renee Zellweger is back and facing pregnancy in Bridget Jones's Baby, this time we're left wondering who's the father. 

Meanwhile this October seeing another literary tale translated to the big screen with Emily Blunt starring as The Girl on the Train.

Another film coming soon is based on a true story of peril on the high seas as an explosive fire breaks out on an oil rig in Mark Wahlberg's new movie, Deepwater Horizon.

Another movie out this August was War Dogs, also based on the true events of young entrepreneurial U.S. arms dealers, with an obvious Scarface movie homage in their ad campaign.

In September Joseph Gordon-Levitt takes on the role of Edward Snowden in a film directed by Oliver Stone, when an NSA agent infamously leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

The future certainly seems to be filled with drama based on real-life events, as Tom Hanks plays a pilot that landed a crippled passenger airplane in New York City's Hudson River in Sully.

From real-life thrills, to terror of a different kind and When the Bough Breaks sees a young surrogate mother become obsessed with the father-to-be.

One film franchise trying to get a reboot this August and bombing at the box office was the biblical epic Ben-Hur. Why would any studio try and remake such a classic that won eleven Academy Awards for the original 1959 movie starring Oscar-winner Charlton Heston in the first place?

One film that triumphed at the box office this month was the R-Rated animated comedy Sausage Party. It helped that the movie had a fun tongue-in-cheek ad campaign filled with sexual innuendo, so be sure to check out all these other Sausage Party billboards.

From animation aimed at adults to an animated film of a different sort based on the classic tale of The Little Prince, streaming on Netflix this month.

Netflix is certainly snapping up lots of good films of late, much to the distress of the traditional studios and networks, including the new Ellen Page and Allison Janney baby snatching drama, Tallulah.

They also brought XOXO to the small screen, the new twenty-something coming-of-age drama set at an electronic dance festival starring Modern Family's Sarah Hyland and The Good Wife's Graham Phillips.

Meanwhile over on Spike, I am JFK Jr. was a new documentary film delving into the life of the son of American's 35th President following the infamous assassination of his father.

And over on Starz, the Force was awakening with the new Star Wars movie available on the premium cable channel, promoted by this giant-sized billboard on the side of the Sofitel Hotel along Beverly Boulevard.

Music billboards

Netflix has also become a destination for great documentaries, and the latest explores the loud life of superstar DJ Steve Aoki.

And also in the sphere of music Katy Perry was paying homage to Apocalypse Now with this ad creative for her new single Rise.

Plus am I the only person not to have seen Adele in concert this month? I'm a little confused why they needed so many billboards for her concerts when they all sold out before they went up.

DJ music duo Tritonal also had this trippy butterfly-themed billboard for their new Painting with Dreams Tour in the skies of Sunset Boulevard this month.

Plus YouTube Music was really pushing their new app in a big way around the streets of L.A. this August.

And tomorrow it's time for MTV's annual Video Music Awards, or VMAs, so expect some show-stopping performances from stars like Britney, Rihanna, Future, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj and Nick Jonas.

Radio billboards

The Woody Show also continued to have some self-deprecating billboards in the skies for their morning radio program.

Gaming billboards

And finally, the popular Summoners War online game returned to the summer skies this month, and if you like this ad creative, be sure to check out these other magical billboards from last year.

You can also compare this collection of ads with last Summer's movie and music billboards, plus stay tuned in the days to come for more roundups of the fashion, Fall TV and Emmy nomination billboards crowding the skies of L.A. this past few weeks.

Watch this space...